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Monday's Internet Edition, September 06, 2010.
Armed Robbery Suspect Apologizes
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Sheriff’s officers take Philip Todd Stroud into custody. - Photo by Robin Snow
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By Jackie Seabolt
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An armed robber was apprehended by the Davie County Sheriff’s Department only a few miles from the establishment where he stole money.
Philip Todd Stroud, 40, of NC 901, Harmony was arrested April 22 for assault on a female, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and false imprisonment.
According to Sheriff Andy Stokes, shortly after 11 a.m. that day he and Capt. Chris Shuskey were conducting a narcotics investigation in the Farmington area when a call came across the scanner for response to an armed robbery at the Hair Shack on US 158.
Stokes said that while traveling towards Mocksville, they saw Stroud’s vehicle near Pudding Ridge Road.
“Shuskey and I turned around and pursued the vehicle overtaking it near the Farmington Community Center and stopping it at the intersection of Mallard Road,” Stokes said.
Stokes said that before Stroud exited his vehicle money could be seen in the front pocket of his sweatshirt ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise, P.O. Box 4639, Salisbury, N.C. 28145.
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